A Milwaukee school principal is accused of crimes against children, and it wasn't the first time the principal has had serious trouble with the law.

Dr. Corey Daniels has a 22-page criminal record. He is now accused of of child enticement and exposing a child to harmful materials.

The allegations involve two students who studied at the Milwaukee Institute for Academic Achievement, a private voucher school.

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Shannon Smith said he looked out his window Wednesday to see police surrounding the house next door.

"I came out here, they was like, 'Go back in the house,' OK, go back in the house then," Smith said.

According to court records, police raided Daniels' home after a student told police the principal took him and a classmate to his home this spring, where he showed them sexual devices and told them how to use them.

WISN 12 News obtained the search warrant. In it, the 15-year-old told police Daniels "showed the victim and the other student silver hooks on the wall above the bed, described how he tied up women using the hooks on the wall."

The 15-year-old told police when he and the principal were alone in his bedroom, Daniels "grabbed him by the wrist and stated, 'This will only take a minute,' causing the victim to believe he was going to be sexually assaulted." The boy said he broke away.

Smith said a crew boarded up Daniels' home Friday morning.

No one answered the door at the school, which rented space at the Grace United Church of Christ.

"We haven't gotten paid since December of last year," Alanda Bradley said.

Bradley, a member, said the church evicted Daniels' school at the end of April for not paying rent. The shortfall meant they may have to sell their church.

"That's all I know -- that he didn't pay us, and he didn't pay the teachers, and the kids didn't get to finish their school year, so I feel bad for them. I feel bad for us because we're in dire straights now," Bradley said.

The state told 12 News because this was a private school, it had little control over what happened there.

The state finally dropped Daniels' school from the voucher program because he was teaching without the required bachelor's degree.

It's unclear whether the displaced students will have to repeat the school year they didn't finish.